Common - Wake Up Everybody lyrics

[Verse 1: John Legend] Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead The world has changed so very much from what it used to be There is so much hatred, war, and poverty [Verse 2: Melanie Fiona] Wake up all the teachers, time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say Cause they're the ones who's coming up, and the world is in their hands When you teach the children, teach them the very best you can [Hook: John Legend & Melanie Fiona] The world won't get no better If we just let it be The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me [Verse 3: John Legend] Wake up all the doctors, make the old people well They're the ones who suffer and who catch all the hell But they don't have so very long before their Judgment Day So won't you make them happy before they pa** away [Verse 4: Melanie Fiona] Wake up, all the builders time to build a new land I know we can do it if we all lend a hand The only thing we have to do is put it in our mind Surely things will work out, cause they do every time [Hook: John Legend & Melanie Fiona] The world won't get no better If we just let it be The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me [Bridge Rap: Common] It's the God hour, the morning I wake up Just for the breath of life I thank my maker My mom say I come from hustlers and shakers My mind build-ed on skyscrapers and acres He said take us back to where we belong I try to write a song as sweet as the Psalms Though I'm the type to bear arms and wear my heart on my sleeve Even when I fell, in God I believe Breathe the days in Weave through the maze and the season so amazing Feed them and raise them Seasons are aging: earthquakes, wars, and rumors I want us to get by but we're more then consumers We're more than shooters, more than looters Created in his image, so God live through us And even in this generation living through computers Only love, love, love can reboot us [Outro] Wake up, everybody Wake up, everybody Need a little help, y'all Yes I do, need a little help Need a little help, y'all ay Wake up everybody Wake up everybody Wake up everybody